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In
recent years, various development-related institutions have
stressed that natural resources (NR) research should be demand-led
in order to improve its relevance and potential for uptake
by the intended beneficiaries.
Arising
from this emphasis, the issues of scaling-up and communication
have received more attention. For scaling-up to be feasible,
research teams must develop and implement sound communication
strategies as an integral part of the research process. This
will ensure that new knowledge is available for users (development
practitioners, planners, farmers, etc.) in forms that they
can utilise and adapt.
DFID's
Natural Resources Systems Programme (NRSP) has commissioned
two studies which have informed the further development of
NRSP's strategy for communication and scaling-up:
- The
reach, use and impact of communication methods and media
products (Norrish,
2001) and
- Scaling-up
strategies for research in natural resources management
(Gündel et al., 2001).
The
NRSP have also published 'Scaling-up
and communication: Guidelines for enhancing the developmental
impact of natural resources systems research',
a digest which aims to present the main findings and recommendations
of the two studies, drawing out the features related to natural
resources management (NRM).
Requests
for hard copies of this digest can be made to the address
below, or read it here: PDF.
Rebecca Radford
Natural Resources Systems Programme
HTS Development Ltd
Thamesfield House
Boundary Way
Hemel Hempstead HP2 7SR
UK
Email: rebecca.radford@htsdevelopment.com
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